One of the Best Dark Comedies I’ve Seen in Years

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MOVIE REVIEW
Do Revenge
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Genre: Comedy
Year Released: 2022
Runtime: 1h 58m
Director(s): Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Writer(s): Celeste Ballard, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Cast: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Ava Capri, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco, Paris Berelc, with Alisha Boe, and Sophie Turner
Where To Watch: exclusively on Netflix on September 16th

A four-star rating for a Netflix original “teen” comedy? This isn’t the best dark comedy ever made (that honor goes to THOROUGHBREDS, if you haven’t seen it, watch it); however, it’s the best I’ve seen in some time. I will stand by this all day long; the film was smart, funny, and, most importantly, entreating throughout from start to finish.

Netflix describes the film as Hitchcockian, and I can’t entirely disagree. The power behind this comes with Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke; they both gave incredible performances, and you never knew exactly how to think or feel about either of them. The twists and turns through the latter half of the film were fantastic. I won’t say that director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson is the second coming, but this was a significant mark, especially after (in my opinion) the lackluster writing in THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER.

I didn’t know what to expect when I started this, but I was quickly drawn into the fantastic world in which the film took place. Mendes (28) and Hawke (24) play their High School aged performances perfectly. I’ve managed not to watch a lot from either actor (not by choice.) Mendes’s long-running role in RIVERDALE is probably her most recognized, and Hawke (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman) is perhaps best known for her roles in STRANGER THINGS and FEAR STREET.

I won’t lie; initially, the poster for the film was what sold me and made me interested. I’m so glad I ended up getting to screen it, though. I don’t know where but I would be shocked if this didn’t make my top 20-something of the year come Oscar time.

Do yourself a favor and just jump into the film blind; I would guess that most won’t regret it. Well-done dark comedies are hard to nail, but I think this was brilliantly done and honestly was left wanting more. The short little credit scenes just fueled the fire for me to want more in this world.

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